Population: 2000 Census: 2,148.00. Total number of households in Tuftonboro is 926, with av. size 2.32 persons. Of those, 666 are family households, with av. size 2.68 persons. As of April 1, 2000 there were 2,019 total housing units in Tuftonboro.

Area: 40.6 square miles of land area and 8.8 square miles of inland water area.

Origin: Called “The Diamond in the Heart of New Hampshire,” Tuftonboro is the only New Hampshire town that was owned by just one man, John Tufton Mason, for whom the town was named. Mason was heir to the Masonian Claim, the undivided lands of northern New Hampshire, which he sold to a group of Portsmouth merchants in 1746, thereafter known as the Masonian Proprietors. They disposed of the land via grants to prospective settlers prior to the American Revolution. Situated on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee, Tuftonboro includes the villages of Melvin Corner, Melvin Village, Mirror Lake and Center Tuftonboro. Melvin Village is the business center of the community. The town was incorporated in 1795.

Tuftonboro Community median income: Per capital income in 2000 was $25,070 and median 4-person family income was $51,875. Median household income was $45,729.